A Russian serviceman adjusting the uniform of a conscript at a gathering point in Omsk in November of last year.
Ukrainian prisoners of war will soon be fighting against their own country, Russian state media says.
Russia is likely deploying them under a formation in Donetsk and Zaporizhzhia, the ISW says.
The move could violate the Geneva Convention on Prisoners of War.
Russia said a battalion of Ukrainian prisoners of war, or POWs, would soon be sent to the front lines to fight against their own country, state media reported.
The Institute for the Study of War said the troops were likely to be sent into battle shortly, citing several Russian sources.
It remains unclear, though, whether the soldiers were coerced into joining or did so of their own accord, as Russia suggests. »
